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Target Two: The Maid
The Scarlet Devil led her from room to room, telling her their purposes. She could not help but to peer around suspiciously, in case of an ambush. The newly called 'Sakuya' grimaced at the poor quality of some of the rooms. There were cobwebs here and there. However, some other rooms were in a much better state, but not to the satisfaction of Sakuya.
Wait. Why do I even care?
"And this would be your room," said Remilia, as she gestured at a small room, fully furnished, however.
"My…room?" Sakuya had a look of surprise on her face.
"All maids here have a room. Boarding and food are provided. But of course, they will be no pay. Now change into this. After that, meet me in the dining room." Remilia pointed at a neat stack of clothing lying on the bed. Sakuya didn't want to risk protesting, and resigned to her fate. She waited for Remilia to exit the room before looking at the clothes. It was a maid's costume, no doubt, and somehow managed to fit her. She quickly slipped her watch into one of the pockets. She quickly put on the headdress and walked out. She didn't remove her eye-patch, however.
"Lady Remilia?" Sakuya walked into the rather grand dining hall. In the middle was a long table, and surrounding it was many chairs, finely polished. However, on those chairs seated only three people. Hong Meiling, whom she fought against earlier. Remilia, a girl who looks young, but is rather … no… very dangerous, and lastly, a girl with long purple hair, who did not seem to acknowledge her presence, and is deeply engrossed in her book. Soon, Remilia tapped the table with a devilish smile on her face.
"This is Sakuya Izayoi, and she'll be working for us as the head maid."
Meiling looked rather doubtful; while the purple-haired girl seemed like that she could care less. Remilia continued on.
"I trust you have not met her before," Remilia said as she pointed to the unknown person. "This is Patchouli Knowledge. She is always in the library with a servant of hers, Koakuma."
Sakuya nodded and did not ask any questions. She just stood there, and went along with the words of her new Mistress.
"Since there is nothing for you to do today, you'll learn about the ways here from Meiling here."
The Chinese girl and her just nodded, before sharing a brief glance at each other. Soon, Remilia waved her hand in a dismissive manner, signalling them to leave. Meiling and Sakuya promptly left by the huge door they came from.
The ways of the Mansion, hmm?
"Remilia, aren't you scared that she'll attempt to assassinate you?" Patchouli asked once the two left, putting her book down onto the table.
"Maybe she might, but I have a nagging feeling in my mind that she is one interesting person… I might have some use of her. She seems to be hiding something, however, and being the inquisitive vampire I am, I want to dig it out." Remilia shrugged and gave a sly smile, as if she had a plot forming in her head.
Sicarius de Aevi… such an interesting Assassino.
The maid followed the gate guard to the gardens outside, when the guard turned around. She spoke in a rather formal tone, however.
"As you would have known, my name is Hong Meiling. I'm the gate guard of this mansion. Of course, as the Head Maid, you have more authority than me in the Mansion. Lady Remilia and Flandre are in charge of the Mansion, while Patchouli is the librarian. Patchouli does not really come out much, but you have to bring tea to her from time to time. Also, there are a bunch of fairy maids over here. However, they might be rather mistrustful of you, as the news of the attempted assassination has spread all around the mansion."
After this, Meiling simply walked to the gates and sat on the chair stationed outside, whilst Sakuya went in, to her room. She should probably take a rest, and at the same time, either plot a way to get out of here, or to assassinate her target.
After all, an Assassin will never let its prey loose.
Think of this as a short update before I go on my trip overseas. Of course, I'll do my best to update it when I come back from the trip. Once again, sorry for the shortness of this.
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